Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth? ( Archived) (32)

Apr 10, 2015 10:16 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
sophiasummer
sophiasummersophiasummerNorthland, New Zealand112 Threads 6,528 Posts
jac_the_gripper: The birth certificate would have needed to been printed on a big piece of paper to accommodate my granddaughter's feet when she born.


So they do that thereyay
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Apr 10, 2015 10:20 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
jac_the_gripper
jac_the_gripperjac_the_gripperTonyrefail, South Glamorgan, Wales UK24 Threads 5,363 Posts
sophiasummer: So they do that there

No they don't do that here, Soph.

I was just joking about the size of my granddaughter's feet. She's like a puppy, not having grown into her big paws yet. laugh
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Apr 10, 2015 10:40 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
sophiasummer: Enough to unfold the sands, its nonsense.


my feet arent that big
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Apr 11, 2015 2:46 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
Maybe it's to show proof, to make sure that the certificate and the baby match, incase there is an accidental swap of a baby in the hospital.
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Apr 11, 2015 3:04 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
mollybaby
mollybabymollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 Posts
mollybaby: Do you mean a print of the baby's feet?



Regular birth certs don't have them here


It sounds like a novelty that you'd pay over the top for laugh
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Apr 11, 2015 3:11 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
BerrySmoothie
BerrySmoothieBerrySmoothieMy Retreat, Auckland New Zealand3 Threads 4,733 Posts
I took a print of both of my children's new-born feet.

A friend went a step further and set their footprint in plaster and did a fancy border frame for it. Looked great....thumbs up
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Apr 11, 2015 3:37 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
BerrySmoothie: I took a print of both of my children's new-born feet.

A friend went a step further and set their footprint in plaster and did a fancy border frame for it. Looked great....


you can use plaster to cast and mold most body parts, but it can burn severly if done wrong.

I knew two girls once who known as the "plaster casters"
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Apr 12, 2015 2:52 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
raphael119
raphael119raphael119washington d.c., District of Columbia USA19 Threads 3 Polls 5,181 Posts
Bp..
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Apr 12, 2015 3:27 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
abcWOMAN
abcWOMANabcWOMANLuleå, Norrbotten Sweden20 Threads 2 Polls 1,583 Posts
Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?

It's not the custom in my country. I can't tell if they did it long time ago. When a baby is born, all data about the new born goes straight to the tax authority!
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Apr 13, 2015 10:38 AM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
Ken_19
Ken_19Ken_19Winchester, Virginia USA68 Threads 26 Polls 1,055 Posts
It is baby's first fingerprint, except it is a toe print. In America it has been used to confirm identity. Like fingerprints, the toe prints never change. At age 80 you can still be identified.
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May 26, 2015 8:26 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
Randy322
Randy322Randy322Southern Bs. As., Buenos Aires Argentina11 Threads 2 Polls 276 Posts
raphael119: mine has it, the doctor said I would be on the big side at maturity.



He lied.
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May 26, 2015 8:44 PM CST Why? little feet when born, put on their certificate of birth?
secretagent09
secretagent09secretagent09New Jersey Girl in, North Carolina USA198 Threads 4 Polls 7,230 Posts
mollybaby: Do you mean a print of the baby's feet?



Actually they ink the bottom of the baby's foot and press it on paper, not the birth certificate (see link). It's just like a fingerprint. It was done in the U.S. years ago. Don't know if they still do it.


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